Thinking about what comes next, Lin Changâan couldnât help but feel melancholic. He realized he was truly destined for a life of hard work, never getting a momentâs rest.
He thought that after becoming a Core Formation cultivator, he would be free to roam anywhere he pleased.
Yet after forming his Core, he discovered he was just a slightly stronger cultivator, barely able to join the table in some remote parts of the Sea Abyss.
"Itâs about time to return. Sea Abyss City may be great, but it will never be my foundation."
Looking at the bustling Sea Abyss City, Lin Changâan couldnât help but shake his head silently.
He wondered how Old Hu was doing.
...
[Life Span: 140//586]
[Realm: Core Golden Early Stage (0/100)]
That year, he formed a True Pill in Sea Abyss City.
"Mr. Lin, take a look at this century-long Spirit Contract."
On that day, in the Steward Hall of Bihai Palace, Master Tan himself came forward, witnessed by another Golden Core Steward.
After Lin Changâan reviewed it, he signed the Spirit Contract with a solemn expression.
"Rest assured, Mr. Lin, our Bihai Palaceâs Spirit Contract is quite relaxed. You just need to fulfill your duties of guarding the sea region.
Even if there are natural or man-made disasters you canât handle, as long as itâs reported in time, we usually wonât pursue it."
The Golden Core Steward, pocketing the Tier Three Spirit Contract, said with a broad smile.
The Spirit Contract doesnât care if itâs signed with an alias or others; itâs a bind through mana imprint.
However, for a Tier Three Spirit Contract, once you break through to Nascent Soul, you can naturally break free.
But in a mere hundred years, no one has chosen to go against it.
"As for Mr. Linâs wish to join other forces or do other things, our Bihai Palace doesnât restrict it."
Seeing the otherâs relaxed smile, Lin Changâan nodded silently.
As the other said, the constraints of this Spirit Contract are minimal, high in freedom, otherwise, he wouldnât have come to Sea Abyss City to form his Core.
"Thank you, Taoist friend."
After finishing the matter, the other person looked at the two with a smile and then stood up and said:
"Well then, what follows is your own affair, I wonât disturb you."
As the other person stood up, Lin Changâan and Master Tan also stood and cupped their hands in farewell.
However, after walking out of the hall, Master Tan smiled slowly and pulled out an Identity Jade Token.
"Fellow Taoist, this Identity Jade Token represents the power of the sixth elder of Bihai Palace."
This jade token, white as jade, had the character âSeaâ on the front and âLandâ on the back, clearly representing the sixth elder.
When Lin Changâan received this Identity Jade Token, it meant he now bore the mark of the sixth elderâs influence.
"Thank you, Master Tan."
Lin Changâan dared not underestimate this small Identity Jade Token; with it under the governance of Bihai Palace, at least the merchant ships in the foreground wouldnât be easily blocked by anyone.
After all, he stood for nothing less than a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
"Master, Mr. Lin."
Outside the hall, Lu Yushu watched Lin Changâan walk out, his eyes showing a tinge of envy.
Sometimes, a century-long Spirit Contract is a kind of honor.
Not everyone who wants to sign can do so.
For instance, though he also formed Core in Sea Abyss City, as a Fake Pill Cultivator, he didnât even qualify to enter a century-long Spirit Contract.
He could only wait outside the hall.
"Alright then, when the Lu Family establishes a merchant guild, Mr. Lin, please handle some troublesome matters occasionally."
From start to finish, Master Tan never fully trusted him.
Instead, this assured Lin Changâan somewhat.
"Rest assured, Mr. Tan, I will do my utmost."
Seeing Lin Changâanâs solemn demeanor, Master Tan couldnât help but laugh and wave.
"Mr. Lin, you jest, really, you just need to cooperate with the Profound Sound Pavilion, and some things are quite easy."
Lin Changâan just smiled without speaking.
Entering the Profound Sound Pavilion always required suitable conditions, after all.
...
On the third day, when Lin Changâan and the Lu family were returning, they boarded a merchant ship of the Profound Sound Pavilion.
Not until the silhouette of Sea Abyss City disappeared from view did Lin Changâan sigh softly.
After all, he still left.
Inside the Hall of the Sixth Elder.
In the dignified and solemn hall, previously high and mighty in front of outsiders, Master Tan now followed respectfully behind his elder sister.
"Sixth Elder, this is the layout for the merchant guild and Five Dragons Island Sea Region this time."
The Sixth Elder, sitting at the top, his face blurred and indistinct, saw the detailed layout on the Jade Scroll as he raised his hand, and couldnât help but smirk.
"You two siblings are indeed not bad; not mentioning talent for now, at least you two didnât consider even a bit of benefit for the Tan family."
Faced with the Sixth Elderâs jest, the short Master Tan let out a secret sigh of relief, thankful he recognized the situation.
"My lord, I wouldnât dare."
"Alright, you two siblings, just a little timid is all."
Seeing the two, the Sixth Elder raised a hand listlessly; at such a level of cultivation and status as his, let alone finding a kindred spirit,
It was tough enough to find someone to talk to peacefully.
"That girl from the Profound Sound Pavilion, not bad talent, alas, her mind is all on the Sect. I wonder if sheâll come to her senses in the future."
But after seeing Lin Changâanâs information, the Sixth Elder, rare for him, murmured in surprise, then shook his head:
"A loose cultivator becoming a Tier Three Array Master, shows his talent in arrays, pity his overall talent is lacking."
To finally see a cultivator with decent talent in arrays, the Sixth Elder was somewhat moved.
He saw him as an idle chess piece. If he could grow to a Tier Three Upper Grade Array Master, perhaps he might have some value.
...
"Lin Changâan, loose cultivator in Cyan Bamboo Mountain Market of Yue Kingdom..."